Miscellaneous : Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - 2011

Elizabeth Taylor died at 1:28 AM at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles ... where she had been hospitalized for the past couple of weeks.  A private funeral will be held later this week.

Taylor's publicist says she was "surrounded by her children -- Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton."

Taylor's rep says the actress died "peacefully" from congestive heart failure, "a condition with which she had struggled with for many years." The rep adds, "Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home.  Sadly, this was not to be."

Source : http://www.tmz.com/

Elizabeth Taylor stars in Giant, Cleopatra, Cat on a hot tin roof, Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and many others.

                                           Elizabeth Taylor alongside James Dean in "Giant"

Vocabulary : Jobs

Here are some words concerning different jobs and careers.

Lawyer : abogado
hairdresser : peluquera
teacher : profesor
professor : profesor (universidad)
cook : cocinero
fireman : bombero
doctor : médico
family doctor : médico de cabecera
vet : veterinario
nurse : enfermera
baker : panadero
air stewardess : azafata
steward : auxiliar de vuelo
ticket collector : revisor (trenes)
surgeon : cirujano
pilot : piloto
salesman : vendedor
computer scientist : informático
ballet dancer : bailarín
musician : músico
painter : pintor
gardener : jardinero
butcher : carnicero
grocer : tendero
architect : arquitecto

Song : Dixie Chicks "Travelin Soldier"

Here's one of the best country songs ever by Dixie Chicks, "Travelin Soldier". It's based on the Iraq War which took place in 2003.

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth at a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,
I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

Chorus: I cry
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never Born to be alone when the letter said
Soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp

From california then vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

[Chorus]

One friday night at a football game
The lord's prayer said and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy too young for him they told her waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier our love will never end waitin' for the soldier to come back again never more to be alone when the letter said soldier's coming, {repeat chorus}